Date parsed: 06/10/2007 02:09:40
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:09:40 +1000

Solved it myself.

I converted to

foreach (CustomFieldTypes val in
Enum.GetValues(typeof(CustomFieldTypes)))
{
MessageBox.Show(Program.GetEnumDescription(val));
}

Works much better.

Thanks anyway.
Dan

"Daniel Jeffrey" <daniel_c_jeffrey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:##DDpVxBIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello.
>
> Can anyone help me please. I have created an Enumeration, and I loop
> through it, it all works ok, except the first item returns 2 times.
>
>
> Code is below. When called I Get "Text Edit" 2 times
>
>
> public enum CustomFieldTypes
> {
> [Description("Text Edit")]
> TextEdit,
> [Description("Date/Time Edit")]
> DateEdit,
> [Description("Generic Combo Box")]
> ComboBox,
> [Description("SQL Combo Box")]
> SqlComboBox,
> [Description("Check Box Edit")]
> CheckBox,
> [Description("Memo Edit")]
> MemoEdit,
> [Description("URL Edit")]
> URLEdit
> };
>
>
> public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum en)
> {
> Type type = en.GetType();
> MemberInfo[] memInfo = type.GetMember(en.ToString());
>
> if (memInfo != null && memInfo.Length > 0)
> {
> object[] attrs = memInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Description),
> false);
> if (attrs != null && attrs.Length > 0)
> return ((Description)attrs[0]).Text;
> }
> return en.ToString();
> }
>
>
> private void simpleButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
>
> foreach (FieldInfo fi in typeof(CustomFieldTypes).GetFields())
> {
> CustomFieldTypes val = (CustomFieldTypes)fi.GetValue(new
> CustomFieldTypes());
> MessageBox.Show(Program.GetEnumDescription(val));
> }
> }
>
>
>